Ural Oblast (Russian Empire)

Ural Oblast
Уральская область
Oblast of the Russian Empire
1868–1920
Coat of arms of
Coat of arms

Map of Ural Oblast
CapitalUralsk
History 
• Established
1868
• Disestablished
12 October 1920
Today part ofKazakhstan
Russia
Uzbekistan

The Ural Oblast (Russian: Уральская область; Eng: Uralskaya Oblast) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day western Kazakhstan. It was created out of the territories of the former Kazakh khanate.